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Washington, DC (November 17, 2017): Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have introduced the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HIGH) Act, S. 2138.

Houston, Texas (April 19, 2023): The National Federation of the Blind of Texas, an affiliate of the transformative membership organization of blind Americans, is pleased to welcome the annual National Federation of the Blind National Convention. The event will take place July 1-6, 2023.

Baltimore, Maryland (November 14, 2016):  Once again, Santa has enlisted the help of the elves at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute to get Braille letters out to hundreds of blind boys and girls this Christmas season. 

September 4, 2024, Baltimore, MD: The National Federation of the Blind is excited to announce that we have engaged Jonathan Mosen to help advance our strategic priorities in technology, accessibility, and communications to build further capacity within the organized blind movement.

Baltimore, Maryland (February 9, 2016): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation's leading advocate for equal access to voting by the blind, today applauded a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. The ruling in National Federation of the Blind et al. vs. Linda H. Lamone et al.

Baltimore, Maryland (April 22, 2015): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s leading advocate for access by the blind to information and technology, is pleased to be distributing the Job Access with Speech (JAWS) Training Bundle developed by Freedom Scientific

Baltimore, Maryland (July 10, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind today applauded the passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) by the United States House of Representatives and urged President Barack Obama to sign this important legislation.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (October 23, 2012): A lawsuit against the Free Library of Philadelphia filed in May with the assistance of the National Federation of the Blind by four blind patrons—Denice Brown, Karen Comorato, Patricia Grebloski, and Anto

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 2, 2012): With the assistance of the National Federation of the Blind, four blind patrons of the Free Library of Philadelphia—Denice Brown, Karen Comorato, Patricia Grebloski, and Antoinette Whaley—have filed suit (case number: 12-2373) against the library because they cannot access one of the library’s programs for which they are eli